Houston and Vienna for YAPCs Next Year
Fri, 01-Sep-2006 by
Jim Brandt
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<a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/">The Perl Foundation</a>, in conjunction with the <a href="http://www.yapceurope.org/index.html">YAPC::Europe Foundation</a> are happy to announce Houston and Vienna as the venues for next year's North American and European YAPCs.
The votes were close again this year for YAPC::NA and we had three excellent bids from Boston, Houston, and Philadelphia.
With the evaluations complete, the Perl Foundation's Conferences Committee has selected Houston, Texas, as the venue for YAPC::NA::2007. The proposal was a joint effort from members of Houston.pm and BrazosValley.pm and was submitted by Jeremy Fluhmann. We hope for another great YAPC::NA in 2007, this time a lot further south. Congratulations to Houston! Details will be available in the coming months at the <a href="http://www.yapc.org/America">YAPC::NA website</a>.
On the other side of the pond, Vienna faced tough competition from Lyon, France and Pisa, Italy.
The YEF committee are confident that Vienna.pm's experienced team--which was responsible for several Austrian Perl Workshops--will put together a wonderful conference. The theme for the next YAPC::Europe will be 'Social Perl'.
I think I speak for both committees when I say we encourage the runner-up candidate groups to stay involved, help this year's group, and bid again next year. The Boston group has <a href="http://boston.pm.org/kwiki/index.cgi?HoustonSelectedForYapcNa2007">already demonstrated</a> the great humor and cooperation that makes the international Perl community so special. It's about a lot more than just the code.
We hope to see you in Houston and Vienna next summer!
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